HCPSS MPIA Request #2018-175

Requested Information
The purpose of this letter is to request public records in accordance with Maryland’s Public Information Act (PIA), 4-101 et seq. of the General Provisions Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland.

The request is in relation to the 2017 Attendance Area Committee (AAC) convened by the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS) Office of School Planning. The AAC is charged with proposing redistricting in HCPSS. According to the Office of School Planning (OSP) website, “AAC members are chosen from each area of the region to bring knowledge of roads and neighborhoods, but they represent the entire county.”

In order to understand the process of forming the AAC and the fairness of the process, I request the complete application submitted by every community member who applied to become a member of the AAC.

As the redistricting process is unfolding quickly, time is essential for this information, and in accordance with law I request the information within ten working days (October 3, 2017.) Thank you for your time and rapid attention to this request.
Status
Complete
Responsive Documents
Fields which can be released without further review for information that may identify a particular applicant, under MPIA GP § 4-311, including Date/timestamp (auto-populated at the time of submission), Are you a resident of Howard County, Do you have children attending HCPSS, Are you employed by HCPSS, and region (a field added by School Planning based on address to include CE (Columbia East), CW (Columbia West), NE (Northeastern), N (Northern), SE (Southeastern), W (Western) as shown in map format under Needs and Strategies starting on page 18 of the 2017 Feasibility Study: http://www.hcpss.org/f/schoolplanning/2017-feasibility-study.pdf?a).
Fields which can be released without further review for information that may identify a particular applicant, under MPIA GP § 4-311, including Date/timestamp (auto-populated at the time of submission), Are you a resident of Howard County, Do you have children attending HCPSS, Are you employed by HCPSS, and region (a field added by School Planning based on address to include CE (Columbia East), CW (Columbia West), NE (Northeastern), N (Northern), SE (Southeastern), W (Western) as shown in map format under Needs and Strategies starting on page 18 of the 2017 Feasibility Study: http://www.hcpss.org/f/schoolplanning/2017-feasibility-study.pdf?a).

*Some request language is summarized to include the requester's specific document requests and legally protected information (such as personally identifiable information of a student) or personal, defamatory and malicious content removed at the discretion of the school system.

**Responses containing legally protected information available only to the person of interest are omitted from the above report.

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